Wells, D. G. You are a mathematician : : a wise and witty introduction to the joy of numbers / [electronic resource] / David Wells.. — New York : : Wiley,, 1995.. — viii, 424 p. : : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

The hidden world of triangles -- Numbers and patterns -- Mathematics as science -- The games of mathemetics -- Creating new mathematical games -- Perception and imagination -- Likeness and analogy -- Crertainty, proof and illumination -- Mathematics in science: searching for the truth -- Mathematics in science: approximate models -- The enjoyment of mathematics -- A minature world and a long journey -- A mathematical adventure.



0471180777 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780471180777 (cloth : alk. paper)

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GB97-61345


Mathematics--Popular works.
Wiskunde.
Mathématiques--Ouvrages de vulgarisation.

QA93 / .W385 1995

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